Law:
Wachtell Partner Calls Out Entire Firm In The Most Passive-Aggressive Memo Ever • Is This the New Required Reading for Big Law?
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How law firms compete for fewer students in on-campus interviews • Inside OCI: The Scoop On This Year's Law School On-Campus Interviews
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Dentons adds restructuring and bankruptcy partner in Houston
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Where the Lawyers Are: Top US Legal Markets by Head Count
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Goodbye to 'Honeys' in Court, by Vote of American Bar Association
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The A++ Forms and Resources–Defending Depositions, Prepping Your Witness, Practical Tips and Key Errors to Avoid
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BigLaw firms say protocols followed after US claims two trust accounts held $586M in stolen money
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New Texas law school not recommended for ABA accreditation
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The Law Schools With The Most Part-Time Applicants
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Law Firm Docket Scanner
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Non-lawyer ownership laws in UK allow some firms to thrive
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Future Attys' Fees Can Be Security Interests, NJ Panel Says
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Lawyer Jokes Are Exactly That — Jokes
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19 icebreakers to use at uncomfortable networking events
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BigLaw, Big Trouble for Premium Brands
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Why Do We Glorify Busyness In Business?
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A Background In Biglaw Is Good For More Than Just Miserable Memories
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Summer Associate Offer Rates (2016): Which Firms Had 100 Percent Offer Rates?
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Former BigLaw partner is indicted for alleged insider trading
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Librarian role-playing at citizen police academy is fatally shot by officer in ‘horrible accident’
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The Fastest Court Reporter In The World
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Fifth Third Fired Counsel Over Relationship With Fannie CEO
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Man who forced 6-year-old to watch Night of the Living Dead convicted of child cruelty 20 years later
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Mother Arrested After Allegedly Driving Sons Around to Shoot Homeless Man With BB Guns
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Judges:
Beware Of The Bad Judge
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‘You are a bit of a c*** yourself’: Judge slams defendant after court outburst
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Supremely Funny: Top 10 Moments from SCOTUS’s 2015 Term
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Black Judge Ordered To Pay Up For Having Opinions
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures struggle to maintain rally as oil slumps
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U.S. stocks close lower as oil, energy drag
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Layoffs:
PacSun Judge Rules Ex-Employees Don't Have Priority Claims
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ConocoPhillips to reduce global workforce by 6 percent, 900 jobs
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SunPower: 1200 Layoffs
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City of Oyster Bay: 150 layoffs
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What's Really Wrong With the Unemployment Rate
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Lies and Labor Statistics
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
Trump's 'Second Amendment' Line Is Protected. Barely. • With ‘2nd Amendment’ Comment, Trump Wades into Dangerous Legal Territory • Secret Service reportedly talks to Donald Trump about 2nd Amendment remark • 'Dumb as a rock': Donald Trump rips 'lightweight' Don Lemon after the CNN anchor has a heated segment • 'A bloody line has been crossed': Joe Scarborough says GOP 'must dump' Donald Trump from ticket • Trump's Economic Advisers Are Dealmakers Just Like Trump • Giuliani: If Trump had actually suggested violence against Clinton, crowd would have 'gone wild' • 'A joke gone bad': How Republicans are responding to Trump's '2nd Amendment people' controversy • Trump Campaign Proves the System Isn't Rigged • Trump Fact Check: Says Hillary Clinton's plan "would tax many small businesses by almost 50 percent." • Electoral College Map: How Trump May Win • Donald Trump calls Obama the 'founder of ISIS'
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'Polls won’t tell the story': Mark Cuban says election will be a 'battle of science vs anger'
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Get Em While They're Hot! New Clinton Emails
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Personal Finance:
The perfect thank-you letter to send after a job interview
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Ivanka Trump reveals 3 things you should avoid when negotiating
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6 signs you're saving enough money
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50 Weird Ways People Go Broke
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Fraud:
Hedge Fund That Fed Ponzi Scheme Scores on Appeal
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MF Global Gets Nod On $159M Settlement With Former Execs
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Mass Torts:
Schenectady asbestos firm files for bankruptcy
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Shipping:
Tidewater: Another red ink quarter
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Religion:
Judge spares Twin Cities parishes from bankruptcy proceedings
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Economy:
BLS: Job Openings "little changed" in June
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Update: "Scariest jobs chart ever"
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Here's the most important chart in the world that no one is talking about
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Low productivity is going to crush the jobs recovery
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You May Be Broke and Not Know It
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Household Debt Increased Slightly in Q2 2016
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Soaring Debt Has U.S. Companies as Vulnerable to Default as 2008
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Delta's computer nightmare reveals the biggest problem in corporate America
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'Bad news' for millions of American borrowers
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Report says black families would need over 200 years to match the wealth of today's white families
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Greenspan's Error Led to Debt Stagnant Wages
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Consumers’ Household Finance Expectations Continue to Improve
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Broker Listing Agreement: Seller Beware – Be Sure You Get What You Paid For Before You Have To Pay
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The number of foreclosures in America is at an all-time low
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Average American Still Can't Get a Mortgage
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9 cities that can’t seem to recover from the housing crisis
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MBA: "Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest Weekly Survey"
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Update: Framing Lumber Prices Up Year-over-year
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Are You Ready to Comply with the CFPB’s Final Amended Mortgage Servicing Rules?
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Municipalities:
Detroit Public Schools split raises risk of default on state-aid debt
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The Impact of PROMESA on Creditors
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Experts: PROMESA Act Done, Job Now is to Keep Puerto Rico Afloat Amid Debt
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Price Retreat Likely Temporary, But OPEC Weighing Its Options • Oil Prices Take A Hit As Saudis Report Record Production • Oil Prices Slide On Rising Crude Inventories • U.S. oil inventories still growing, Energy Department says
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IEA: 'Massive' stock overhang is capping oil price
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Texas oil regulator predicts $60 oil next year
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EIA: "Gasoline prices at 16-week low, expected to average less than $2 a gallon by December"
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Investors Have $100 Billion to Spend on Oil Assets No One Else Wants
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Owner of Idle California Oil Island Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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O&M weakness likely to cloud debt recovery for Swiber creditors
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Lightstream Resources hits financing setback
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Fmr US Ambassador Talks Shale, Jobs Post OPEC
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Did OPEC Just Issue A Warning For Oil Prices In 2017?
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Diversify Or Die? Big Oil’s Dwindling Options For Survival
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OPEC Output Freeze Plan In Limbo After Oman Refuses To Join
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Student Debt:
There's finally a tiny bit of good news for the 40 million Americans with student debt
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Celebs:
Celebrity Bankruptcy: Where Are They Now?
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Judge issues warrant for Tyga's arrest after rapper skips court hearing on $480K he owes former landlord
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Accounting:
Taylor Bean Trustee Says PwC Could Have Stopped $5B Fraud • Taylor Bean Trustee Defends His $5.5B Suit At Trial
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Golf:
Deal reached in Mashpee country club case
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Chapter 11 As A Viable Way To Redevelop Golf Courses
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Gambling:
Apollo's strange 'self-dealing' in Caesars bankruptcy battle
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Media:
Bankrupt Gawker says goodbye with pizzas and cheap beer
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Coal:
Top executives could get bonuses during Peabody bankruptcy
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Peabody DIP Lenders OK Business Plan that Will Serve as Reorganization Foundation
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Autos:
GM Litigation-Funding Settlement With Treasury Scrutinized
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Atlanta subprime auto lender TAG Financial files for Chapter 11
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GM Urges 2nd Circ. To Rehear Ignition Switch Dispute
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Fishing:
Lenders Call for Trustee to Take Over China Fishery Group
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Accounting:
PwC Fights $5.6 Billion Fraud Trial over Taylor Bean's Collapse
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
7 companies that are in serious danger of being upended by the competition
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Out-Of-Court Restructuring League Tables • Bankruptcy League Tables
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Exemptions:
Debtor Left Homeless by Inability to Alter Her Homestead Exemption Claim
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Plan Confirmation:
Courts Split on Per-Plan or Per-Debtor Acceptance for Cramdown Confirmation
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Proof of Claim:
Crawford's Claim Defeated By . . . the Statute of Limitations
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Bankruptcy Judge Allows Filing of Class-Based Proof of Claim
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Recent Filings:
Judge: Claims processing agent KCC "is uniformly hated by all of the court personnel"
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Caesars Sues Parent Company Over Pre-Bankruptcy Transfers
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Metals:
Columbus Castings auction delayed, with no new date scheduled
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Food/Beverage:
Fox & Hound Restaurant Owner Files for Bankruptcy Protection • Fox & Hound, Champps file bankruptcy • Why a Dallas restaurant company's bankruptcy is part of a trend
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Alternative Energy:
SunPower ‘Guidance Bomb’ Leaves Crater Among Solar Companies
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SunEdison Bankruptcy Update
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SunEdison's "yieldcos" delay filing quarterly reports
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PIIGS:
Spain's Abengoa wards off bankruptcy with creditor deal • Sees 1.17 bln euros cash
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Canada:
Ben Moss life-time warranty customers out of luck as stores close
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Singapore:
High Court Allows Appointment Of Foreign Bankruptcy Trustee In Singapore For The Purpose Of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings.
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Czech Republic:
Czech court rejects claims of NWR bondholders toward NWR's insolvent mining unit OKD
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Asia:
Demand for restructuring and turnaround in Asia Pacific on the rise
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MENA:
'Recovery agents harassing debtors in UAE'
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India:
Govt discusses action plan for operationalising bankruptcy law
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Brazil:
Odebrecht Hires Top Brazil Lawyer Munhoz for Restructuring
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Brazil's Oi to unveil reorganization plan by early Sept
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Brazil's Bom Jesus offers creditors debt-for-land swap in reorganization
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South Korea:
South Korean financial watchdog: No bailout awaiting Hanjin
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Netherlands:
MS Mode poised to become the latest high street bankruptcy
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Australia:
Plenty of suitors for Arrium
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Queensland coal mine will shut down
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China:
When China's Good News on Bad Loans Isn't
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Japan:
Japan’s Elderly Face Growing Risk of Poverty
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Iceland:
Wall Street Lawyers Hold No Fear for Iceland’s Defiant Premier
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